Recently, I was given a strong reminder of how much of a struggle life can be. How much of a struggle doing the right thing can be. I am Catholic, so I offer prayers of petition to various saints, on the grounds that they were instruments of God on earth, and will continue to be instruments of God in heaven. One saint in particular Continue reading “PSA of a Religious Nature, With Phantom Menace Reference”
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Happy Advent!
Sorry, first it was NaNoWriMo, then it was Thanksgiving, then it was Christmas shopping. And now, finally, I have time to put up an update.
NaNoWriMo: completed something like 56,000 words, but still need to finish the actual storyline. I am hoping to get that done before moving on to…
Ancestors of Jaiya: the editing and polishing phase which has been on the back-burner all these months.
Dictation experiment: this worked out really well for the first half of November, but a bad cold and a bad mood set me back in the middle of the month, and it took me a bit to get back on course. I am definitely grateful for this book. ignore the author’s “Go Go Dragon Naturally Speaking!” attitude and insistence on recording his dictation and having the computer transcribe it; his method works fine with live dictation and Windows Voice Recognition. The main point to the transcription process, according to the author of Fool Proof Dictation is to keep you from freezing up when you see your words appear on screen; turning away from the screen while you dictate works equally well.
$0.99 Science Fiction and Fantasy at Amazon
Hope you’re having a great May! Steampunk writer Dean Wilson has gathered together a list of Science Fiction/Fantasy books on sale, in every conceivable genre, including my own novel Marrying A Monster. All on Amazon, all for just $0.99! Just click here or on the picture to see the complete list.
Now Available on Googleplay
Not much to report on the writing front, still working on the late stages of Scapegoating A Hero.
But I have interesting news about my releases outside of Amazon: all three books in the Jaiya Series are now up on the Googleplay store. Marrying A Monster, Waking The Dreamlost, and Loving a Deathseer are all there now-just click on their titles if you want to purchases them to read on your Android-based device.
Sale on Asian-themed SFF!
One thing to be thankful for this year is that science fiction and fantasy are constantly trying to explore new ideas and new settings. Fantasy author J. C. Kang has set a promotion up showcasing science fiction and fantasy novels with Asian-inspired settings, just $0.99 each on Amazon, through Sunday November 5. Because the country of Jaiya, where my books take place, is loosely inspired by India, Marrying a Monster is part of the sale. Just click here or on the image above to be taken to the sale page, where you can check out some stories that are a bit different from everything else out there!
Another interesting promo is running on Instafreebie: a giveaway of science fiction/fantasy novels and short stories, overseen by Patty Jansen. You can click here to check it out!
Loving a Deathseer is now live
As a servant, Erno spends his days rushing around while his wealthy employers bark orders at him. By night, he cases out his employers’ homes and sells the information to his burglar friends. He has only three rules: don’t get close to anyone, don’t let anyone get hurt, and don’t let anyone get framed for the crime. But his latest job will plunge him into a world of political intrigue,and test his rules to the breaking point. His only chance at redemption lies in the love of a persecuted young woman, with the power to foresee his death….
Hello there! After several months of hard work, I am pleased to announced that my third novel, Loving a Deathseer, is available online now. The heroine of Deathseer is the cousin of the two brothers who were the heroes of Marrying a Monster and Waking the Dreamlost and all three books are set in the country of Jaiya, in a world not quite like ours.
You can find Deathseer at major ebook stores all across the internet, such as Amazon, Nook, iBooks, and Kobo.
If you haven’t gotten the chance to read Marrying A Monster, the first book in the Jaiya Series, it is available at all the same vendors as Deathseer. Just click here to be taken to the vendor of your choice, or here to download a free sample chapter. If you would like to read Waking the Dreamlost, click here to be taken to the vendor of your choice, or here to download a free prequel story.
A Peek Behind the Curtain
It’s been a busy summer, with multiple family trips and some extra work at the day job loaded on. I’m about halfway through revising Loving A Deathseer, the third book in the Jaiya Series. It can be tricky because Deathseer was the first thing I wrote in the Jaiya universe, back in 2010, and I hadn’t worked out all the details of the world-building yet.
For instance, Marrying A Monster (written in 2013, published in October 2016) and Waking The Dreamlost (written in 2016, published February 2017), both take place in a world in which people with superhuman powers and angelic bloodlines drive cars and talk on cell phones to inhuman insect-people, in between fighting terrorists, drug dealers, and eldritch monsters who hate the human race.
I originally wrote Deathseer as having a more dieselpunk setting, with fantasy elements to offset the lower technology level. For instance, palantir-like objects called “viewglobes” served as tv sets, radios and cell phones. Here is the rough draft (typos and all) of a scene I just finished revising and expanding. The new version is about double the length, and unlike the version below, does not involve a newsreader broadcasting his report to a giant crystal ball….
A little July fun with $0.99 books!
A little July fun! The Science Fiction writer Patty Jansen has pulled together over a hundred books on sale for $0.99 in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres, from across all the major ebook stores.
You’ll find Marrying a Monster listed under Urban Fantasy. This sale starts today and continues through tomorrow. Some of the books are at $0.99 for the long term, but others are only on sale for these two days, so click here to check them out!
Genre Reader Brings You Genre Books On Sale!
Ready to beat the heat with some good science fiction, fantasy, and horror books? The Genre Reader website has curated a list of books in this genre, all free or $0.99! Click here to check out the list, and see if any of their picks tickle your fancy.
Looking for Beach Reads this June?
It’s that time of year again, when we all load up our ebook readers with some fun novels to read on vacation. There’s some great promotions going on out there….
Dean F. Wilson is overseeing a giveaway of free books, short stories and sample chapters, all science fiction or fantasy, all available on Instafreebie. “Lost in a Dream,” the prequel story to Waking the Dreamlost, is included. Click here to check out the list!
If you like thrillers, David Neth has you covered. He’s rounded up a bunch of thriller titles in a variety of subgenres, from all the major vendors…and they’re just $0.99 each, today and tomorrow. Click here to be taken to the list for some fast paced beach reading!
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